Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlumwas an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original The Bourne Trilogy series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 290 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 May 1927
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Life is extremely complicated. I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior and alternatives of that behavior.
The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.
It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews.
A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not.
Life is extremely complicated.
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.
The cruelest thing you can do to a person who's living in panic is to offer him or her hope that turns out false. When the crash comes its intolerable.
The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.
I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I'm a skilled, resourceful... vegetable!
Sundown. The distressed sloop, its mainmast shattered by lightning, its sails ripped by the winds of the open sea, drifted into the small, quiet beach of a private island in the Lesser Antilles
How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)